Carlos Santana

The New York Yankees are reportedly staying aggressive in the free-agent market as they continue to search for solutions at first base. In the aftermath of

The four biggest names when it comes to free agent first basemen are Pete Alonso, Christian Walker, Paul Goldschmidt, and Carlos Santana and all of them carry significant concerns. For starters, Alonso is the youngest of the bunch at 30 years old. It seems that none of them four are yet willing to lower their asking price or the number of years they're looking for, and teams are willing to wait them out rather than commit lots of money over a long-term deal to the aging power hitters. Complicating factors is also that teams still believe all of Triston Casas, Josh Naylor, and Lamote Wade Jr. could be had in a trade, so teams are willing to wait and see how that plays out as well.

As the top of the free-agent market continues to thin out with more players coming off the board, the next group of players are still waiting on teams to meet

Nightengale notes the engagement with the first base market is in part due to the Yankees being in a stalemate with the Cubs in their bid to acquire Cody Bellinger. The first baseman that Nightengale mentions as targets for New York are Pete Alonso, Paul Goldschmidt, Carlos Santana and Christian Walker. It seems likely that the Yankees are going to be hard on the market for a first baseman even with a trade for Bellinger, with Walker being the name mentioned the most often. Alonso would be the most interesting, however, if only because he's spent his entire career across town with the Mets.

The Twins’ offseason checklist includes finding a right-handed hitting outfielder and a first baseman, president of baseball operations Derek Falvey told reporters (including Bobby Nightengale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune). In regards to the latter need, Nightengale writes that team still has interest in bringing Carlos Santana back for another stint in the Twin Cities.…